A boy [/child] walks around/across the city with his father and mother.“Please, please, please!I want to play!“At the end of the street, the mother sees a child playing alone in front of a house.She talks to it:“Excuse me, do you want to play with Frankwhile [/as long as] my husband and I walk around the city a bitand pack our car for our holiday/vacation?“She waits.“Yes!He can always come around,when he has permission [/is allowed to].Then we can go outdoors togetherand he won’t [/doesn’t] have to stay at home alone.““We’re happy about that!You can stay here, Frank!““Cool!““Where do you live and where do you come from?““I live on Lessingstreet and I am from this city here.My mother is from England, Great-Britain,my father (is) from the (United) States (of America) from the US.And you?““I was born in China and I live here in Germany.Officially, everything is fine,but my family is having financial problems.““Your house is very big!You still have to be relatively rich.We only have a very small house and a very old car.““Mhm…“They go into the house.“Let’s go outside!“They lie in the garden.It’s already night.“Surely you like to knowhow to win a computer, (don’t you?)I know a way…““No, I’m already getting my father’s.“

an overly motivated teacher:“I think you are amazing!I need you [pl.] on my side,I need you all!The… world…. needs you!We, you (and) you and I, together for the…. world!“

Can I stay here?You can stay here.He can stay here.She can stay here.It can stay here.Can we stay here?You [plural] can stay here.They can stay here.

Listening and Writing

click to listen - fill in the gap - click again and speak in chorus with the native speaker.

▶Ein Kind läuft mit seinem Vater und seiner Mutter durch die Stadt.

▶„Bitte, bitte, bitte!

▶Ichwillspielen!”

▶Siesprichtesan:

▶Siewartet.

▶Erkannimmervorbeikommen,

▶wennerdarf.

▶Dann könnenwirzusammenrausgehen

▶und er mussnicht allein zuHausebleiben.“

▶„Wowohnstduundwoherkommstdu?“

▶„Ich bin in Chinageboren und wohne hier in Deutschland.

▶Sie geheninsHaus.

▶„Lassunsrausgehen.“

▶Ich kenne da einen Weg.“

Translating and Writing

Fill in the gap, then click the English sentence and speak in chorus with the native speaker.

A boy [/child] walks around/across the city with his father and mother.Ein Kind läuft mit seinemVaterundseinerMutterdurchdieStadt.

At the end of the street, the mother sees a child playing alone in front of a house.AmEndeder Straße siehtdie Mutter einKindallein vor einem Haus spielen.

“Excuse me, do you want to play with Frank„Entschuldige, willstdumitFrankspielen,

while [/as long as] my husband and I walk around the city a bitsolangemeinMannundicheinbisschendurchdieStadtlaufen

A boy [/child] walks around/across the city with his father and mother.
The children walk through the city with their fathers and their mothers.

Demonstrative Pronouns

Both in German and in English, you can sometimes omit certain nouns and shorten your sentences, provided that it’s clear what you’re talking about.

„Nein, ich bekomme den von meinem Vater/den meines Vaters.“

No, I’m already getting my father’s.

Above is a typical example and its decoding. Note that while in English you can just drop the noun
(here: computer) completely if there is a genitive attributive
(my mother’s/my father’s/Max’s…), in German it has to be replaced by what is called a
demonstrative pronoun. Don’t worry about these fancy grammar terms: As the most common demonstrative pronouns
der/die/das are identical to the determinate articles
der/die/das, and are inflected in the same way, it all comes down to a simple rule: